Astronomers Find a Planet Half-Covered in Lava

Using the TESS space telescope, astronomers detected an exoplanet with a perpetual lava hemisphere.

TESS telescope discovers two new planets five months after launch

NASA's TESS, made an early discovery of "super-Earth" and "hot Earth" planets in solar systems at least 49 light-years away, marking the satellite's first discovery since its April launch.